It's
hard to dislike a firm whose nickname is HayBoo anyway, but this
is definitely a feel good story for Friday.

Houston Haynes and Boone labor and employment partner Matthew
Deffebach donated a kidney yesterday to the son of a longtime
firm employee, the New York
Lawyer reported. The man who needed the transplant has a
6-year-old son, and Deffebach said he could not stand the idea of
the son growing up without a father.

He decided to get tested to see if he was a good match after he
heard about the ailing man's situation in November 2009, and it
turned out he was compatible. Several other firm attorneys were
tested as well, the article noted.

Deffebach is married with three children; he will have to take
about a month off work to recover.

A spokesperson for Haynes and Boone said yesterday that the
surgeries went well.